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A portable auxiliary cooling system for cooling electrical power transformers is provided with an intelligent controller that is programmable for functioning in a plurality of different operational modes. A plurality of sensors monitor cooling system equipment operation, transformer top oil temperature and transformer current. The cooling system controller includes a user-interface panel, a modem and / or other digital communications circuitry, data storage memory and a computer or microprocessor that performs real-time heat removal rate computations and automatically controls heat pump and fan operation in response to the computed results. System performance data, sensor readings and alarm condition indications are indicated on a user-interface panel and may also be provided to a remote station or operator using conventional digital communication facilities.

In a ratchet-type tensioner having a toothed ratchet piston biased toward a rack of teeth formed on a protruding plunger in a direction transverse to the direction of plunger movement, the rack teeth and the ratchet teeth are mutually engageable and inclined at angles such that the biasing force urging the teeth of the ratchet piston into engagement with the rack teeth is sufficient to block retraction of the plunger during engine start-up but can be overcome when chain tension becomes excessive during engine operation following engine start-up.

A cartridge heater for mounting in the bore hole of a device to heat the device, having an improved release coating to facilitate the removal of the cartridge heater from the bore hole subsequent to operation at elevated temperatures, wherein the release coating is a fast-drying, graphite-based solid film lubricant that bonds to the heater.

A hybrid vehicle comprises an engine; a first rotary machine configured to drive the hybrid vehicle; a power transmission system configured to transmit drive force from the engine and the first rotary machine via an output unit to driven wheels; a first oil pump configured to be mechanically rotary-driven along with rotation of the output unit; a second oil pump configured to be rotary-driven by a rotary drive source that is different from the output unit; a first supply passage connected to a discharge side of the first oil pump, and the first supply passage configured to supply lubricating oil at least to the first rotary machine; a second supply passage connected to a discharge side of the second oil pump, and the second supply passage configured to supply lubricating oil at least to the first rotary machine; and an oil cooler provided to the second supply passage.

To improve a convenience in assembling a rotor of an electric motor of a power transmission unit comprising the electric motor and a transmission mechanism.For this purpose, in the power transmission unit comprising an electric motor 2 having a rotor 13 arranged on an inner circumference of a stator 12 and concentrically with the stator 12 and a transmission mechanism 1 for transmitting power, a portion of a predetermined constructional element 7 of the transmission mechanism 1 protrudes toward the stator 12 or the rotor 13 side coaxially with the stator 12 or the rotor 13. The rotor 13 is loosely fitted onto an outer circumferential face of the protruding portion 7, and a clearance C is created between an outer circumferential face of the protruding portion 7 and an inner circumferential face of the rotor 13 into which a guide sleeve for guiding the rotor 13 in an axial direction is inserted.

In a tensioner having a ratchet mechanism composed of annular teeth on a plunger and an expansible resilient ring disposed in a groove formed in the inner peripheral surface of a plunger-accommodating hole in a tensioner housing, the rear surfaces of the annular teeth have a steep slope, and the front surfaces of the annular teeth have a gradual slope with a convex curvature such that the rate of change of the slope decreases proceeding in the direction of retraction of the plunger.

A chisel holder changing system having a base element with a chisel holder receiver, into which a chisel holder equipped with a chisel can be inserted, wherein the chisel holder is inserted with a holder shaft into the chisel holder receivers and is maintained therein with the aid of bracing screws. Bracing screws can be screwed into a threaded receiver of the base element and during this are supported under tension in a bracing receiver of the holder shaft of the chisel holder. If in a chisel holder changing system in accordance with this invention the surfaces of the outer screw thread of the bracing screw and / or of the inner screw thread of the threaded receivers of the chisel holder receivers have a metallic layer of zinc and aluminum lamellas and a mineral chromium oxide bonding agent, which is burned in after the application, the screw connections are improved so that larger prestressing forces / tightening torques can be transmitted without damage to the screw connections.

A female thread member capable of preventing seizing caused by inclined insertion, and being smoothly fastened from any directions in which a bolt is inserted, and a fastening member using the female thread member. A non-thread portion is formed on an inner peripheral surface of a female thread member body having a female thread for a length corresponding to at least one pitch from an end surface on a bolt-inserting side, and a projection which comes into contact with a flank surface of a male thread of an inserted bolt is formed on a line extending from a helical line of the female thread. The female thread member is used in combination with the bolt having no incomplete thread portion, and there is no adverse possibility of seizing regardless of any directions in which the bolt is inserted.

A tensioner for a chain or similar power transmission medium comprises a spring-biased plunger having annular rack teeth with gradually sloping forward surfaces and steeper rearward surfaces. The teeth are engaged by radially movable balls received in inclined grooves in an axially movable annular ball seat disposed in an annular groove formed in the wall of a plunger-accommodating hole in a tensioner housing. The bottoms of the inclined grooves face a steep rearward surface of a rack tooth, and the annular ball seat is axially movable in the annular groove and biased in the plunger protruding direction by a spring that exerts a biasing force greater than the biasing force exerted on the plunger. The balls and the movable annular ball seat block retraction of the plunger on engine start-up, but permit retraction when excessive force is imparted to the plunger while the plunger is in a protruding condition.

A combination wear protection film for components made of substrates susceptible to wear is described. The film has a wear-resistant surface film that contains one or more of the elements carbon, nitrogen, or boron, the proportion of this element-or, if more than one of these elements is present, the sum of the proportions of the elements present-is at least 30% by atomic weight, preferably at least 40% by atomic weight; and a support film, located between a substrate and the surface film and made of a plasma polymer, that exhibits a quasi-continuous transition in modulus of elasticity and optionally in hardness from a value of a base film to a value of the surface film. A method for producing a wear protection film of this kind, and objects equipped with the wear protection film is also described.

A motor vehicle seat fitting includes a fitting top part with a ring gear (21) having internal toothing, a fitting bottom part with a gear wheel (4), having external toothing and which is in engagement with the ring gear, an eccentric arranged rotatably in a bore (7) of the bottom part running axially to the gear wheel, for rolling adjustment of the gear wheel relative to the hollow gear, and a drive shaft, which drives the eccentric and extends axially to the ring gear. A cam receptacle (17) is arranged on one of the gear wheel or the ring gear (21) and a stop cam (16), that engages in the cam receptacle, is arranged on the other of the gear wheel or ring gear, in a ring portion between the external toothing and the bore and on the ring gear in a zone which may overlap the ring portion.

A rotary agitation type heat treatment apparatus includes: a cylindrical member for performing heat treatment on a material to be treated supplied inside the cylindrical member from one end thereof; a rotating unit for rotating the cylindrical member; a heating unit for heating the material supplied inside the cylindrical member; and agitation members arranged in the cylindrical member. Each agitation member has a shaft structure and two or more blades provided on the shaft structure. The cylindrical member and the agitation members are constituted of a ceramic material. The material inside the cylindrical member is heated and the cylindrical member is rotated, so that the material is heat treated while agitated by the agitation members in the cylindrical member, and discharged out from the other end thereof.

A mounting assembly is disclosed for mounting an object, such as a valve or a spa jet about an aperture in a wall such as a bath or shower wall. The assembly has the advantage that the object can be mounted such that it projects a predetermined distance from the front surface of the wall and can be secured to the wall by rotating a member on the front side of the wall. The invention also provides a valve assembly having relief between sealing surfaces to prevent the valve member seizing.

A female thread member capable of preventing seizing caused by inclined insertion, and being smoothly fastened from any directions in which a bolt is inserted, and a fastening member using the female thread member. A non-thread portion is formed on an inner peripheral surface of a female thread member body having a female thread for a length corresponding to at least one pitch from an end surface on a bolt-inserting side, and a projection which comes into contact with a flank surface of a male thread of an inserted bolt is formed on a line extending from a helical line of the female thread. The female thread member is used in combination with the bolt having no incomplete thread portion, and there is no adverse possibility of seizing regardless of any directions in which the bolt is inserted.

A valve assembly includes a valve housing with a bore, a rotatable valve shaft coupled to the valve housing, a valve plate rotatable with the rotatable shaft, the valve plate being in a valve closed position at an angle greater or less than zero degrees, the valve plate including a first surface facing an inlet, a second surface facing an outlet, a first circumferential surface between the first surface and the second surface, and a second circumferential surface extending from at least one of the first surface or the second surface in a direction toward a reference axis and terminating at the first circumferential surface, the valve plate being in the valve closed position, the second circumferential surface defines a gap between the surface of the bore for avoiding contact with the surface of the bore, and the first circumferential surface and the second circumferential surface define a surface spaced therebetween to make contact with the surface of the bore that inhibits seizing of the valve plate with the surface of the bore when the valve plate is rotated by the rotatable shaft.

A method of controlling operation of a liquid-fuel combustion appliance. The method is characterized by including an “antiseize operating mode” in which an electric motor and a fuel pump, powered by the electric motor, are started periodically to prevent oxidation and / or polymerization of the liquid fuel in the fuel pump when the fuel pump is idle. More specifically, the fuel pump is a gear pump.

A gear transmission mechanism includes a housing, a first transmission assembly, a second transmission assembly, and a gear clearance adjustment assembly. The first transmission assembly includes an input shaft, and the second transmission assembly includes an output shaft. The gear clearance adjustment assembly includes an adjustment base mounted on the housing, fasteners, bearings, a washer, a fixing member, and a pair of freely rotatable adjusting gears for the transmission of rotative force. The adjusting gears mesh with the first and second transmission gears.

In a ratchet tensioner, rack teeth on a plunger are engaged by ratchet teeth on one end of a movable plug that slides in a hole in the tensioner housing along a direction orthogonal of the direction of movement of the plunger. The movable plug is prevented from rotating in the hole in which it slides so that the ratchet teeth engage the rack teeth on the plunger smoothly and reliably.

The present invention provides a rolling bearing which is excellent in high-temperatures and high-speed durability and quietness, is capable of effectively preventing hydrogen brittleness-caused peeling from occurring on a rolling surface thereof, and has a low environmental load. A rolling bearing (1) is constructed of an inner ring (2) having a rolling surface on its peripheral surface, an outer ring (3) having a rolling surface on its inner peripheral surface, a plurality of rolling elements (4) disposed between both rolling surfaces, and a cage (5) retaining the rolling elements (4). The inner ring (2), the outer ring (3), the rolling elements (4) or the cage (5) is a metal-made bearing member. Film-coating treatment is conducted on a sliding surface or a rolling surface of at least one of these metal-made bearing members with the plant-derived polyvalent alcohol compounds such as curcumin, quercetin, chlorogenic acid or the like.

A gear transmission mechanism includes a housing, a first transmission assembly, a second transmission assembly, and a gear clearance adjustment assembly. The first transmission assembly includes an input shaft, and the second transmission assembly includes an output shaft. The gear clearance adjustment assembly includes an adjustment base mounted on the housing, fasteners, bearings, a washer, a fixing member, and a pair of freely rotatable adjusting gears for the transmission of rotative force. The adjusting gears mesh with the first and second transmission gears.

An engine control fuel pump apparatus is provided with a low load fuel pump control section, a high load fuel pump control section and a subordinate pump drive section. The low load fuel pump control section controls a main fuel pump for supplying fuel to an engine when an engine operating condition indicates that the engine is operating with a low load. The high load fuel pump control section controls the main fuel pump and a subordinate fuel pump for supplying fuel to the engine when an engine operating condition indicates that the engine is operating with a high load. The subordinate pump drive section drives the subordinate fuel pump for a prescribed period of time when a rotational speed of the engine is equal to or higher than a prescribed rotational speed while the engine is operating in an low load operating region in which the low load fuel pump control section controls the main fuel pump for supplying fuel to the engine.

A control unit for variable displacement compressors is used for two independent air conditioning cycles, wherein two compressors 1, 11 driven by a common external drive source 8 include electromagnetic displacement control valves 6, 16, respectively. By controlling these control valves by ECU 7, the displacement of the compressor is variable. When the air temperature is higher than a predetermined temperature T0, both of the compressors are subjected to the variable displacement operation even though one of them is unnecessary for the air conditioning operation. On the contrary, if the outer air temperature is lower than the predetermined temperature, only one compressor, needed for the air conditioning operation, is subjected to the variable displacement operation, while the other compressor is subjected to the minimum displacement operation.

A grease supply confirming device confirming the supply of a grease into a bearing, according to the present invention includes a detecting member an elastic supporting member and a movable body. The movable body such as a metal spherical body is movably provided in a piping through which a grease to be supplied flows. The elastic supporting member is provided in the piping for supporting the movable body. The detecting member such as an eddy current type displacement sensor detects to see whether or not the grease is supplied in accordance with the displacement of the movable body. The grease supply confirming device further includes an abnormality judging circuit connected to the detecting member for judging the abnormality in grease supply, and an outputting portion for outputting an alarm according to the instruction from the abnormality judging circuit.

A vehicle transmission control device is provided in a vehicle having a gear type transmission capable of selecting a plurality of gear shift patterns, and an electric oil pump for supplying lubricating oil to a gear-shifting mechanism. The vehicle transmission control device includes a transmission controller that selects a path having a small load on the lubricated parts from among the plurality of power transmission paths upon detecting a malfunction has occurred in the oil pump to prevent seizing of lubricated parts and damage to gear-shifting mechanism if a malfunction occurs in the oil pump.

A vehicle transmission control device is provided in a vehicle having a gear type transmission capable of selecting a plurality of gear shift patterns, and an electric oil pump for supplying lubricating oil to a gear-shifting mechanism. The vehicle transmission control device includes a transmission controller that selects a path having a small load on the lubricated parts from among the plurality of power transmission paths upon detecting a malfunction has occurred in the oil pump to prevent seizing of lubricated parts and damage to gear-shifting mechanism if a malfunction occurs in the oil pump.

A coupling system for high-temperature tight coupling of a stack having SOEC / SOFC-type solid oxides is described. The system includes a threaded hollow connector, a smooth hollow connector, and a threaded nut. The threaded hollow connector includes an opening for establishing fluid communication with a gas inlet / outlet pipe and is intended to be attached to the gas inlet / outlet pipe. The smooth hollow connector includes an opening for establishing fluid communication with a gas inlet / outlet pipe of the stack and is intended to be attached to the inlet / outlet pipe. The threaded nut engages with the threaded hollow connector to form a screw / nut system, slides relative to the smooth hollow connector, and includes a first threaded portion and a second smooth portion in sliding contact with the smooth hollow connector.

The present invention relates to a multilayer overlay welding section in which a first layer of an overlay welding section to be formed on the bearing contact surface of a high Cr steel turbine rotor includes C: 0.05 to 0.2%, Si: 0.1 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.3 to 1.5%, Cr: 4.0 to 7.7%, and Mo: 0.5 to 1.5% with a remainder including Fe and unavoidable impurities, a multilayer overlay welding section in which, in addition to the above layer, an upper layer welding section includes C: 0.05 to 0.2%, Si: 0.1 to 1.0%, Mn: 0.3 to 2.5%, Cr: 1.0 to 4.0%, and Mo: 0.5 to 1.5%, and a welding material therefor and a process for producing the multilayer overlay welding section.

A tensioner for a chain or similar power transmission medium comprises a spring-biased plunger having annular rack teeth with gradually sloping forward surfaces and steeper rearward surfaces. The teeth are engaged by radially movable balls received in inclined grooves in an axially movable annular ball seat disposed in an annular groove formed in the wall of a plunger-accommodating hole in a tensioner housing. The bottoms of the inclined grooves face a steep rearward surface of a rack tooth, and the annular ball seat is axially movable in the annular groove and biased in the plunger protruding direction by a spring that exerts a biasing force greater than the biasing force exerted on the plunger. The balls and the movable annular ball seat block retraction of the plunger on engine start-up, but permit retraction when excessive force is imparted to the plunger while the plunger is in a protruding condition.

In a disk device integral type television receiver set, when the transmission of data of a still image from a disk device side to a television receiver side is started, a timer is started. As a result that the display of the still image has been continued, when the time set in the timer has elapsed (times up), the CPU of the disk device side informs the CPU of the television receiver of this fact. The CPU of the television receiver side having been informed sends, to a signal selecting unit, a signal of selecting a broadcasting signal from a tuner. Thus, a broadcasting image which is a moving image is displayed on a CRT.